Valeri Andrews killed three generations of one family in a collision while fleeing from police.

Valeri Andrews killed three generations of one family in a collision while fleeing from police.

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Police investigate an accident at South Flores and Lorita streets that killed four people in a Dodge Caravan, including two children. The driver of the other car, who police said had earlier fled from a patrol officer, suffered a broken ankle.

Police investigate an accident at South Flores and Lorita streets that killed four people in a Dodge Caravan, including two children. The driver of the other car, who police said had earlier fled from a patrol

Maria Concepcion Aguilar de Perez, 55, was killed in the car accident.

Maria Concepcion Aguilar de Perez, 55, was killed in the car accident.

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Marcela Perez (right) holds her son Brian Perez, 4 months. Both were killed in the car accident.

Marcela Perez (right) holds her son Brian Perez, 4 months. Both were killed in the car accident.

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Alejandra Perez Aguilar, 15, was also killed in the accident on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010.

Alejandra Perez Aguilar, 15, was also killed in the accident on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010.

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Jose Perez wipes tears from his eyes as he speaks about his family.

Jose Perez wipes tears from his eyes as he speaks about his family.

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Jose Perez fights back tears as he speaks about the four members of his family that were killed in a car accident on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Neighbor Carrie Perez (left) is over come with grief. Those that died are Jose's wife, Maria Concepcion Aquilar de Perez, his daughters Marcela Perez and Alejandra Perez, and his grandson Brian Perez.

Jose Perez fights back tears as he speaks about the four members of his family that were killed in a car accident on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Neighbor Carrie Perez (left) is over come with grief. Those that died

A judge handed four concurrent 55-year murder sentences Tuesday to a drunken driver who killed four members of one family — including a 4-month-old boy — in a wreck that occurred as she was fleeing from police.

Valeri Andrews' shackled hands shook as she struggled through sobs to read aloud an apology letter to Jose Perez, who lost his wife, two daughters and a grandson during the August 2010 collision.

“Sorry just isn't good enough,” Andrews, 40, acknowledged. “I am sorry, though ... (that) I took your family away from you. If I could absorb your pain and hurt, I would.”

Perez, who has since moved from Texas, wasn't in attendance. In a letter to the court, however, he said his surviving children have struggled to deal with the loss — especially his youngest son, who lost his twin sister.

“Three generations (are) lost,” he said in the statement, which was translated from Spanish. “There is no punishment in the world that can change what has happened or bring back my loved ones.”

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Intoxication manslaughter is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison, but the charges were enhanced to murder because the deaths occurred in the commission of another felony: evading arrest.

Andrews pleaded guilty in November in a deal under which prosecutor Charles Rich asked state District Judge Melisa Skinner for a sentence of between 40 and 55 years.

Defense attorney Scott Simpson asked Skinner on Tuesday for a term in the lower end of that range, saying his client suffered post traumatic stress disorder from an abusive relationship in which her then-husband shot and stabbed her.